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Mickey Miko

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Senior Test Engineer at SMART Technologies, automating Python tests for smartboard mini and room control.

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Test Automation Engineer

SmartD 2023 – 2024 (1.5 years)

* Executed detailed automated tests on VFD motor controllers using Python; identified key issues leading to failures and presented findings directly addressing three major causes of product crashes

* Coordinated with diverse teams through Jira to articulate daily progress on testing initiatives; facilitated retrospective meetings that found critical issues resulting in major software enhancements

* Achieved significant improvement in product reliability, reducing time to find integration bugs from 1 week to 1 day

* Recommendation Letter

Backend Engineer

HiveStack 2022 (3 months)

* Refactored backend ad-server to properly handle playing ads in anytime zone and accounting for daylight savings time changes reducing no ad selection issues by 5%

* Recommendation Letter

Full-stack Engineer

Lone Wolf Technologies 2021 – 2022 (1 year)

* Designed comprehensive application features across front-end frameworks while implementing back-end services; Reduced workload of onboarding new clients by 30%

* Earned recognition within the organization for swiftly addressing system anomalies; analyzed root causes of recurring problems resulting in a streamlined troubleshooting process saving an average of two hours per incident

Quantitative Analyst

Miko Software 2019 – 2022 (3 years)

* Engineered advanced trade identification systems to analyze stock market metrics; resulted in an average yearly return of 65%

* Taught myself stock chart patterns, options trading strategies and quantitative analysis to perform this role

Full-stack Engineer

R3mote.io 2019 – 2020 (1 year)

* Developed automated testing protocols for frontend and backend components, integrating these processes into CI/CD pipelines; this initiative elevated code quality and reliability, leading to a 25% decrease in application downtime

Mechanical Engineer

Probe 2016 – 2019 (3 years)

* Designed oil field tools, reduced product development time by 35% by automating repetitive tasks

* Improved product reliability by finding and implementing proper mechanical engineering standards such as O-ring and spring design calculators

Software Engineer - Internship

ABB 2014 – 2015 (1 year)

* Created a unit-testing framework for an electromagnetic solver, reducing bug testing time from 3 days to 1 hour

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

SMART Technologies logoST
Current

Senior Test Engineer

Jan 2025 - Present (1 year 9 months)

• Test lead on smartboard mini project. Responsible for ensuring all critical bugs are resolved by release date
• Automating interoperability tests and room control tests using python

SmartD Technologies logoST

Test Automation Engineer

SmartD Technologies

Jan 2023 - Apr 2024 (1 year 3 months)

• Executed detailed automated tests on VFD motor controllers using Python; identified key issues leading to failures and presented findings directly addressing three major causes of product crashes
• Coordinated with diverse teams through Jira to articulate daily progress on testing initiatives; facilitated retrospective meetings that found critical issues resulting in major software enhancements

Hivestack logoHI

Backend Engineer

Apr 2022 - Jun 2022 (2 months)

• Refactored backend ad-server to properly handle playing ads in anytime zone and accounting for daylight savings time changes reducing no ad selection issues by 5%

MS

Quantitative Analyst

Miko Software

Feb 2019 - May 2022 (3 years 3 months)

• Engineered advanced trade identification systems to analyze stock market metrics; resulted in a average yearly return of 65%

Lone Wolf Technologies logoLT

Full-stack Engineer

Apr 2021 - Apr 2022 (1 year)

• Designed comprehensive application features across front-end frameworks while implementing back-end services; Reduced workload of onboarding new clients by 30%
• Earned recognition within the organization for swiftly addressing system anomalies; analyzed root causes of recurring problems resulting in a streamlined troubleshooting process saving an average of two hours per incident

Probe logoPR

Mechanical Engineer

Oct 2016 - Aug 2019 (2 years 10 months)

• Designed oil field tools, reduced product development time by 35% by automating repetitive tasks
• Improved product reliability by finding and implementing proper mechanical engineering standards such as O-ring and spring design calculators

Geometric Energy Corporation logoGC

Mechanical Engineer

Geometric Energy Corporation

May 2016 - Oct 2016 (5 months)

• Theoretical design and physical construction of novel low-concentration photovoltaic system prototypes; including using different mirror shapes and materials along with efficiency losses due to heat trapping.
• Initiated and conducted a feasibility study of the device: finding the range of levelized cost of energy, factoring in different geographies, margins, and markets.

MU

Software Engineering - Masters

Micro Engineering Dynamics and Automation Lab (MEDAL) at the Universit

Mar 2016 - Jun 2016 (3 months)

Reduced time taken to develop a novel inclinometer by building a SIMULINK application to massage accelerometer data into MATLAB displacement algorithms and display the data in real time in a GUI.

UI

Software Engineering Student

Universal Pegasus International

May 2013 - Aug 2013 (3 months)

• Improved accuracy of cost estimates by creating a set of excel spreadsheets linked together with VBA

KL

File Clerk

Kaiser Exploration Ltd

Apr 2012 - Jun 2012 (2 months)

• Assessed incoming documents to verify what type of file it was
• Organized documents into appropriate well files

SC

Barista

Starbucks Coffee

May 2011 - Nov 2011 (6 months)

• Demonstrated outstanding customer service towards customers
• Prepared and served beverages in a timely manner
• Cleaned and maintained supplies and equipment in order to ensure compliance with safety regulations.
• Organized orders of merchandise

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

UD

Udemy

Scrum for Beginners + Scrum Master Certification Preparation

Dec 2023

UD

Udemy

Node.js: The Complete Guide to Build RESTful APIs

Mar 2020

UD

Udemy

The Complete Database Designe & Modeling Beginners Tutorial

Mar 2020

UD

Udemy

Building Recommender Systems with Machine Learning and AI

Mar 2020

UD

Udemy

Writing Beautiful RESTful APIs

Oct 2018

UD

Udemy

Basics of Software Architecture & Design Patterns in Java

Oct 2018

University of Calgary logoUC

University of Calgary

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Distinction in Mechanical Engineering - Mechatronics Minor

2011 - 2016

BS

Bishop Grandin High School

Diploma

2008 - 2011

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